San Joaquin Delta Land Reclamation Photographs, ca. 1904-1907, ca. 1904-1907
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- San Joaquin Delta Land Reclamation Photographs
- Dates:
- ca. 1904-1907
- Creators:
- Charles A. Bishop
- Extent:
- 97 photographic prints, 13 x 18 cm. 95 digital objects
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], San Joaquin Delta Land Reclamation Photographs, ca. 1904-1907, BANC PIC 1993.019--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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The San Joaquin Delta collection contains 97 photographic prints taken primarily by Charles A. Bishop circa 1904-1907 documenting various aspects of the reclamation, irrigation, and cultivation processes undertaken in the Middle River area of the San Joaquin Valley. Activities featured in the collection include dredging, pumping, transport by barge of freight and heavy field machinery, field cultivation and harvesting. The collection includes photographs of the Santa Fe Railroad depot area of Middle River; various waterways, canals, marshlands and fields of the vicinity; local residences; immigrant farm laborers; and samples of the yield from the farms. Also included are two photographs of Charles A. Bishop and a reproduction of a magazine article extolling the successes of the land reclamation efforts in the San Joaquin Valley.
The collection has been arranged into separate series according to the general subject matter of the prints. A photographer's number appears on four prints, two of which are also marked "Logan Foto."
- Acquisition information:
- The San Joaquin Delta photographs were received as a gift from Paul G. Bishop, the photographers's son, in 1993.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1996
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: April 2016
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is available for use.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], San Joaquin Delta Land Reclamation Photographs, ca. 1904-1907, BANC PIC 1993.019--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481